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2006:
The Welding Fixture division increases its annual sales for the fourth time in succession – by over 70% in 2006. Sales in the Pipe Profile Cutting Machines division rise by over 40% in 2006.
October 2006:
MÜLLER OPLADEN receives orders worth millions from Europe’s third-biggest steel constructor, Unger Steel, for the supply of pipe profile cutting machines and from the world’s biggest builder of oil platforms, McDermott, for the supply of build-up welding equipment.
September 2006:
MÜLLER OPLADEN supplies the first newly developed model of a small pipe profile cutting machine with 3 CNC axes to GTR Technik in Germany.
July 2006:
Lamprell, one of the leading makers of modules for the oil and gas industry in Dubai places an order with MÜLLER OPLADEN for the supply of a 6-axis CNC pipe profile cutting machine for pipes up to a diameter of 600 mm
May 2006:
Labroy Marine from Singapore, one of the fast-expanding shipyards in South East Asia, awards MÜLLER OPLADEN a contract to supply a 6-axis CNC pipe profile cutting machine for a new shipyard on Batam.
March 2006:
The Meyer Werft, one of the biggest shipyards for cruise ships, places an order with MÜLLER OPLADEN to equip the new pipe workshop with welding turntables.
February 2006
KSB, one of the world’s biggest pump manufacturers, contracts MÜLLER OPLADEN to build a 20-ton welding positioning table.
December 2005
The welding fixture division increases annual sales by more than 25% for the third time in succession.
October 2005
MÜLLER OPLADEN receives the order from Interfer Rohrunion to build a complex pipe profile cutting machine with fully automated pipe feed and discharge.
September 2005
At Schweissen & Schneiden, the biggest trade fair for the welding and cutting industry in Essen, MÜLLER OPLADEN presents its new, internationally unparalleled pipe profile cutting machine with 6 CNC axes for the profiling of round and square tube and pipe.
June 2005
MÜLLER OPLADEN is awarded an order by India’s nationalized Cochin Shipyard to supply a pipe profile cutting machine complete with sophisticated plasma-cutting technology.
May 2005
MÜLLER OPLADEN receives an order from Essener Hochdruck-Rohrleitungsbau GmbH in Essen to supply a pipe profile flame-cutting machine adapted to the needs of pipeline construction.
April 2005
ABB awards MÜLLER OPLADEN the contract to produce a sophisticated tailstock turning device for the welding of workpieces destined for power plants.
March 2005
MÜLLER OPLADEN is awarded a contract by Westfalia Separator in the USA to supply an 8-meter-tall special positioning turntable that perfectly aligns up to 6-meter-tall workpieces for machining.
December 2004
The Italian Cimolai Group, one of Europe’s biggest steel construction companies, contracts MÜLLER OPLADEN to supply a pipe profile flame-cutting machine capable of profiling pipe up to a weight of 30 metric tons per piece.
October 2004
Following its purchase in 2003, the Larsen & Toubro industrial group from India buys another MÜLLER OPLADEN pipe profile flame-cutting machine.
August 2004:
MÜLLER OPLADEN launches cooperation with Thyssen Mannesmann Handel, one of the world's biggest pipe & tube traders.
For further information, see Contract cutting at our website.
July 2004:
MÜLLER OPLADEN pipe profile cutting machines make a decisive contribution to the appearance of the fully revamped Berlin Olympic Stadium. The entire pipe profile cutting for the new stadium roof is carried out with the pipe profile cutting machines supplied to Vitkovice in the Czech Republic.
May 2004:
MÜLLER OPLADEN Automated Welding business, which has been growing strongly in 2004, supplies for Sony Japan two complex turning devices each with a capacity of 5 tonnes and complying with strict standards of quality.
May 2004:
Volkswerft in Stralsund, a company of the Danish Möller Group, awards MÜLLER OPLADEN a contract to supply a complex pipe profile cutting machine together with a fully automatic pipe feed line. The project also includes the supply of the MÜLLER OPLADEN MOCAM software.
March 2004:
MÜLLER OPLADEN establishes MÜLLER OPLADEN DE MÉXICO S.A. DE C.V. (MOMEXSA). From the Company's Mexico City base, an experienced team of marketers, engineers and office staff will be serving the Americas. For more information, refer to the MOMEXSA.COM website.
February 2004:
Against competition from ESAB and LINCOLN, MÜLLER OPLADEN is awarded a contract worth millions from an Iranian group. The contract covers 5 column & booms (9 x 8 meters) with submerged-arc welding heads, 12 roller beds for loads between 10 and 80 tonnes, and numerous TIG welding power sources.
January 2004:
MÜLLER OPLADEN acquires the know-how and manpower of the insolvent companies PH Maschinenbau and DEG-Technik. In doing so, MÜLLER OPLADEN adds high-grade specialty control systems to its already existing range of welding equipment.
October 2003:
The Aker Warnow shipyard, a member of the Aker Group, places an order with MÜLLER OPLADEN for a fully automatic pipe profile cutting machine complete with CAD link and PPC system. The PPC (Production Planning and Control) system optimizes material process control in the pipe shop.
July 2003:
MÜLLER OPLADEN takes over the welding technology operations of ARC KON GmbH, a specialist in inert gas welding units, with the aim of extending the product range in the welding fixture construction sector and enhancing its worldwide market presence.
June 2003:
MÜLLER OPLADEN is awarded the contract to supply pipe profile cutting machines to Larsen & Toubro, a major group in India, thereby laying the foundations for long-term partnership.
April 2003:
MÜLLER OPLADEN supplies a 700-ampere pipe profile cutting machine for plasma cutting to Energomash in Russia. This machine is the biggest ever built worldwide with such a high amperage for cutting particularly thick-walled pipes.
February 2003:
The license agreement made with a German company in Hagen-Gevelsberg in September 2001 for the production and sale of pipe profile cutting machines, as well as the related service support were terminated retroactively as of February 28, 2003.
As a consequence of this action, only MÜLLER OPLADEN GmbH is now authorized to market, sell, manufacture and service MÜLLER OPLADEN pipe profile cutting machines.